Spain and France will meet in the duel for the “gold”.
On Monday, August 5, the semi-finals of the men's football tournament of the 2024 Olympics took place. Based on their results, the finalists were known.
The teams of Spain and France will compete in the final for the “gold” of the 2024 Olympic Games.
In the first semi-final match, the Spanish beat Morocco (2:1) at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille, and in the second, the French beat Egypt (3:1) at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais arena in Lyon.
The Moroccans took the lead in the 37th minute of the match – Soufyan Rahimi converted the penalty. However, in the second half the Spaniards turned the tide of the match. First, Fermin Lopez equalized in the 66th minute, and then Juanlu Sanchez scored the winning goal in the 85th minute.
In the other semi-final, there was almost a sensation. In the 62nd minute, the Egyptians took the lead thanks to a goal by Mahmoud Saber. Only in the 83rd minute, the Olympic hosts were able to recoup – Jean-Philippe Mateta saved Les Bleus from defeat. The game went into extra time.
At the very start of the first extra time, Egypt was left with a man down – Omar Fayed received a second yellow card. Thierry Henry's charges took advantage of the numerical advantage and scored twice. In the 99th minute, Mateta scored a double, and in the 108th minute, Michael Oliseh finally settled the question of who would get a ticket to the final.
The final match of the 2024 Olympics between Spain and France will take place on August 9 in Paris at the Parc des Princes stadium. The start is at 19:00 Kyiv time.
In the match for the “bronze” on August 8 at the Beaujoire stadium in Nantes, Morocco and Egypt will meet. This game will start at 18:00 Kyiv time.
Recall that Ukraine was represented in the Olympic football tournament for the first time in history at the 2024 Games. Ruslan Rotan's team lost to Iraq (1:2), won a victory over Morocco (2:1) while playing with a man down, and lost to Argentina (0:2), failing to reach the quarterfinals with three points scored.